Workforce Demand

Workforce Demand

Understanding a range of migrant populations and how history, culture, and gender affect these populations would be beneficial to any number of fields that serve the growing multi-cultural population.  Some of the fastest growing occupations projected for California will serve migrant populations.  According to the Washington Post, Global Health is a (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/18/AR2008091804145.html) growing field of student interest because “Students want to contribute and empower communities.”  An Immigration Specialization in Human Resources makes more than a Human Resources Generalist according to Salary.com.  In service fields positioned between mainstream institutions and disenfranchised migrant populations, our students in these growing occupations will benefit from a Minor in Global Migration Studies.  Knowing the global forces that drive on economic ambitions, how cultural differences shape career goals, and characteristics of different populations will help attorneys, government workers, social workers, teachers, nurses, law enforcement officers, occupational therapists, physician assistants, physical therapists, substance abuse/behavioral counselors. In research on teaching multicultural competence, there can in fact be a strengthening of stereotypes when the complexity of culture is overlooked.  With the Minor in Global Migration Studies, our students entering fields that serve migrant populations will be equipped with a solid framework for understanding the various factors that affect migrant populations along with a manner for understanding the factors that shape the characteristic needs of specific populations.  A Minor in Global Migration Studies will interest students with a wide-range of future career goals.